Volunteer Opportunities |
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August 25, 2015, Volume 62, No. 02 |
Dear Penn Community,
Thank you for your spirit of volunteerism. Many benefit from your willingness to share. We receive many expressions of gratitude from community members and agencies we have partnered with. The University community continues to work towards being good neighbors in our shared community. We thank you for your overwhelming support and for your generosity. Contact Isabel Mapp at sammapp@upenn.edu for additional information.
—Isabel Mapp, Associate Director,
Netter Center for Community Partnerships,
Office of Government and Community Affairs
Become a Mentor in the Penn Workplace Mentoring Program! Encourage 7th graders from a local school to do well in school. Talk to them about the importance of college. Share your area of expertise in your job with them and help them to think about their futures. Make a difference in the life of a young person! Mentors meet with students once a month from September-May. All sessions are held on Penn’s campus. Training is held in September.
Teach at the Nonprofit Institute: The Nonprofit and Communities of Faith Nonprofit Institute provides high-impact training to help individuals, nonprofits and communities of faith improve the quality of services to their constituencies. Through the Institute, participants learn how to build organizational and program capacity through the study of funding, technology and capacity building. Do you have a skill you would like to teach to local nonprofits? Are you familiar with developing business plans? Can you think of any other information you might be able to share with a nonprofit? Classes range from 2-3 hours and are taught twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall.
Become a Dropsite Volunteer! Dropsite volunteers are located throughout the University and provide the site for collections during our annual school, food, gift and change drives. All that is required is for you to set up a collection area, put up a flyer and collect the donations. There are only approximately 3-4 activities per year.
Join the Penn Team for Making Strides of Philadelphia Saturday, October 17, 2015; 7:30 a.m., Memorial Hall, West Fairmount Park,
4231 Avenue of the Republic, Philadelphia. |